North Ringwood Playgroup was foundered in 1954 and is about to celebrate its 50 year anniversary in 2024! We are one of the largest and longest running playgroups in Victoria and thus know a thing or two about having fun!
COMMITTEE
North Ringwood Playgroup is a not-for-profit organisation that operates under a volunteer parent committee. This means that our members can take part in ensuring our playgroup is one of the best around.
Our committee consists of a President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Enrolments officer and general members. The committee meets every 6 weeks and discusses the operation of the playgroup, including; staffing, sessions available, toy updates, equipment maintenance, member numbers, fundraising, finances etc. We love to see new members join our committee who bring fresh and exciting new ideas and support our playgroup.
FACILITATED SESSIONS
North Ringwood Playgroup is philosophically and structuarally committed to having the presence of a paid, qualified facilitator at all sessions. One of the main benefits of a facilitated playgroup is you do not need to commit to setting up or packing up a session. It is all planned and done for you! Our facilitators do appreciate some help at pack up time, but all you need to do is put some toys in a box or move some equipment to our shed. A great skill for young children to learn...tidying up!
Trust us after the first few sessions your child/ren will be asking you “are we going to playroup today?”, and you will be wishing it wasn’t only once a week!
Playgroup is a wonderful way to prepare your child for pre-school/kinder. It is a relaxed environment (although chaotic at times!) where parents/carers can enjoy a cuppa and share parenting stories. Children can learn from new play experiences and learn how to socilaise and play together.
Our playgroup provides a variety of toys for age groups 0-5 years.
Our playgroup cannot run without a President. They manage the staff, run committee meetings, liaise with Scouts (who own the hall) and communicate frequently with committee and members.
Our vice president supports the President with any tasks that are too big for one person.
Our treasurer plays an important role in our playgroup. They ensure our staff are paid, any bills are paid for and manage our finances.
Our secretary helps communicate important events, does regular facebook posts when special activities are planned and takes minutes for committee meetings.
Our enrolments officer is first point of call for any new family. They manage our emails, phone and booking system. If you need to get in touch with our enrolments officer please
Our grants and fundraising officer helps raise money for our playgroup. Any grant we receive or fundraiser we run allows us to update toys, buy new equipment and keep our fees as low as possible.
We provide tea and coffee during our sessions so it is great to have a purchasing officer who can grab small items for us when we run low on supplies.
Our website officer keeps our website up-to-date with important dates, term planners and information documents.
We love to have members on our committee who like to share their thoughts and ideas on how to make our playgroup even better.
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (AGM)
Every year in October we hold our AGM. This is were we hear reports from our president and treasurer regarding how NRPG has been tracking. We also look for new members to join our committee for the following year.
DONATIONS
We appreciate donations (good quality toys, supplies etc) or any time that you can give to support the running of our playgroup. We have had families build mud kitchens, organise and lay tanbark, repair our cubby house and donate coffee machine.
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